On 11/06/18 15:39, [email protected] wrote:
*From:*Andrew Harvey <[email protected]>
*Sent:* Monday, 11 June 2018 15:31
*To:* Tag discussion, strategy and related tools
<[email protected]>
*Subject:* Re: [Tagging] emergency=lifeguard
> Also, water_rescue_station is probably identical to lifeguard_base
Agree based on the description given at
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:emergency%3Dwater_rescue_station
it sounds like lifeguard_base.
Just based on the tag name I thought it meant something like
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coast_guard. The wikipedia page seems to
indicate coast_guard is a common term internationally (even though
many of the agencies worldwide aren't known as the "Coast Guard", it
seems like it's common enough for emergency=coast_guard.
That was my first thought too, but then I looked at the description on
the wiki and it very much sounds like a life guard base and not a
coast guard station.
I wonder if any of the current water_rescue_station's are really coast
guards?
That’s certainly possible. If the decision is made to merge these
keys, they will probably all need to be manually checked.
Err not in the uk ... coast guard is not military.
See
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Her_Majesty%27s_Coastguard
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_National_Lifeboat_Institution
In Australia that are volunteers that do marine rescue e.g.
http://marinerescueqld.org.au/
None of these fit in to the beach lifeguard situation.
I have no idea what the though was behind the OSM water rescue station .
I think that is just confusing.
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